this storm instead, first of all, it's much larger than irene. it's coming directly at the coast instead of parallelling it. the effects are spanning hundreds and hundreds of miles, much more so than irene. >> ifill: this storm is hovering with lots of rain centered over one area. how many days do you expect we'll be coping with the fallout from all of that? >> well, i think that it's going to take until wednesday before conditions really significantly improve so that people can get back and start looking at what happened. tomorrow it's still going to be a bad day because the system is going to slow down once it gets towards pennsylvania. it will weaken, but it's going to take a long time for this system to wind down. >> ifill: james franklin of the national hurricane center, thank you. >> you're welcome. >> woodruff: now, a closer look at what officials on the ground have been doing to prepare for the storm's blow. ray suarez spoke by phone a short time ago with cory booker, the mayor of newark, new jersey. suarez: welcome to the program. whethe